A new glossy black finish design statue designed by fashion designer Philip Treacy was presented for the first time.[7]
Statuette design
The statuette for the 2014 BRIT Awards was designed by Irish millinerPhilip Treacy. Taking the form of Britannia (the national personification of Britain), the trophy has been redesigned by various artists since the BRIT Awards revamp in 2011.[8][9] Treacy stated that music has always been his inspiration, with the 2014 trophy being inspired by "a uniquely British genre of music, Punk."[10] It was unveiled on 28 November 2013.[11] The statuette has a glossy black finish, with a black and white circular hat that represents a mohawk, which sits atop the helmet at the apex of the trophy.[12]
Performances
The Brits Are Coming: Nominations Launch Party
Nick Grimshaw hosted the launch show inside the ITV Studios in London on Thursday 9 January.
Select performances were made available for purchase on iTunes following the ceremony, and "Pompeii/Waiting All Night" by Bastille, Rudimental and Ella Eyre debuted at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart, whilst Lorde and Disclosure's "White Noise/Royals" debuted at number 72.[17][20]
The Brit Awards 2014 is a compilation and box set which includes the "62 biggest tracks from the past year".[26] The box set has three discs with a total of sixty-two songs by various artists.
Track listing
The set has three discs; the first disc includes twenty-one songs, the second disc includes twenty songs and the third disc includes twenty-one songs. Sam Smith, Ellie Goulding and Calvin Harris are the only artists to have more than one song in the album.
